The Second Chance
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Movie Reviews of The Second Chance
Movie Review: The Growing Church Goes Back to its Roots
Summary: 4 Stars
This film captures the reality that everyone in the body of Christ needs to beware of: Religious Crystallization. This is where, a church gets so established that the systems are put into place and everything becomes mechanised. At this point a ministry loses its soul, and its passion.
This is the heart of the Laodicean Church (Revelation 3:14-19). They had everything in the natural, but in the spiritual they were really blind, poor and naked. The main church of the founders get the shock of their lives when they are reproached by their minister from the poor and struggling sister church.
As a result, Ethan (Michael W. Smith) is sent out from the comfort of his wealthy congregation that was established by his father and is assigned to the church that is in the poor side of town.
What is enlightning is how he comes to terms with druggies, drug mules, pushers and prostitues. These are the new challenges that he faces. This movie is quite entertaining. But the real question here is what is our real spiritual state, are we blind, poor and naked?
Movie Review: a wake-up call for church leaders
Summary: 4 Stars
Having grown up in the church and being a PK , and being prodigal for years, I could relate to many of the aspects of this film about "church business" and how it many times leaves Christ behind and the mission/vision of the church gets lost and ends up having very little to do with God.
Pragmatism has crept into churches across our land, and church decisons end up many times being based more on traditional non-profit organization business models and guidelines than about the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I think the best audience for this would be people who serve in church leadership. One of the more subtle lines of thought that should hit home in the movie is how fellacious our overseas missions attempts are when we seem to care less about home missions work , with people we can see, feel and touch their lives; instead of being able to promote what we are doing around the world as a badge of honor.
Movie Review: The Second Chance film DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Movies about churches are usually not exciting. They bore everybody but the overly overtly pious. Even a classic like A Man Called Peter about Rev. Marshall, the most important Congressional Chaplain ever has been pretty much forgotten. But Second Chance is a wonderful exception, an exciting, tense but warm, eventful and even suspenseful story about many of the public and personal issues and situations that enliven our society: race relations, the inner city vs. the suburbs, varieties of growth and communication, old and new styles of managing a church and of seeking the moral life, all involving two interesting and complicated preachers. The film deserves a A+A+A+A+ rating, limited only because some silly agnostics might not enjoy the church themes. But everybody should like the acting and writing and the treatment of personal and social issues. And I am very happy with the seller.Movie Review: A Very Good Story With Important Life Lessons
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a story of two very different churches and pastors. It shows lots of human failings in the lives of two ministers who try to serve God in spite of their flaws.
Ethan Jenkins (Michael W. Smith) is an associate pastor of a wealthy suburban mega church. He is in hot water with his board due to giving too much microphone time to Pastor Jake Sanders (Jeff Carr). Sanders heads an inner city congregation that is supported the Jenkins' church.
It is really a great story of two very different people with big weaknesses (one with too much privilege and one with lots of anger) who have a growth experience through God. There is struggle and redemption.
Although it is targeted to the Christian community, this is a very good show for anyone.
Movie Review: "Second chance" deserves at least one chance
Summary: 4 Stars
If you hang out in faith circles at all you probably know that a lot of the film buzz has centered on Cameron's latest work called "Fireproof". For all it's truth (yes, realizing that God is god and you are not is bound to help your marraige) Fireproof comes off as being a little stagey and predictable. Not so with Second Chance. I'm not sure if this is M W Smith's acting debut but his work is more than respectable. Ths script is real and a bit edgey, the story is thought provoking-although not as personal as is Fireproof's-and the acting is strong throughout. Both movies are good and will get you thinking, talking and maybe changing a few things.